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§6578 Funding

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 84— - HEALTHY FOREST RESTORATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - HEALTHY FORESTS RESERVE PROGRAM › § 6578

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture must use $9,750,000 from the Commodity Credit Corporation for each fiscal year 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 to carry out this part of the law. Congress also authorized $12,000,000 to be appropriated to the Secretary for each fiscal year 2014 through 2023 for the same purpose. In addition to those yearly appropriations, the Secretary may use funds provided under the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act as needed to pay for technical help, management, and enforcement for land enrolled in the Healthy Forests Reserve Program under section 6574(a) and (b). The $9,750,000 amounts for 2009–2012 remain available until spent.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §6578

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(a)Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make available $9,750,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012 1 to carry out this subchapter.
(b)There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out this section $12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2023.
(c)In addition to funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in subsection (b) for a fiscal year, the Secretary may use such amount of the funds appropriated for that fiscal year to carry out the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590a et seq.) as the Secretary determines necessary to cover the cost of technical assistance, management, and enforcement responsibilities for land enrolled in the healthy forests reserve program pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of section 6574 of this title.
(d)The funds made available under subsection (a) shall remain available until expended.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, referred to in subsec. (c), is act Apr. 27, 1935, ch. 85, 49 Stat. 163, which is classified generally to chapter 3B (§ 590a et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 590q of this title and Tables. Codification Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 made identical

Amendments

to this section. The

Amendments

by Pub. L. 110–234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

Amendments

2018—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–334 substituted “Authorization of appropriations” for “Fiscal years 2014 through 2018” in heading and “2023” for “2018” in text. 2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–79, § 8203(b)(1), substituted “Fiscal years 2009 through 2013” for “In general” in heading. Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 113–79, § 8203(b)(2), (3), added subsecs. (b) and (c) and redesignated former subsec. (b) as (d). 2008—Pub. L. 110–246, § 8205(c), amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subchapter— “(1) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; and “(2) such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2008.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2008 AmendmentAmendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 8701 of Title 7, Agriculture.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

16 U.S.C. § 6578

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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